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Welcome to the CLU-IN Internet Seminar

OSC Readiness Presents...QA for OSCsSponsored by: EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology

InnovationDelivered: August 9, 2012, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, EDT (17:00-19:00 GMT)

Instructor:Arlene Anderson, EPA Region 2 (anderson.arlene@epa.gov)

Moderator:Jean Balent, U.S. EPA, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov)

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Quality Assurance Training For Chemical Emergency Response

Presented by

Bill Sy: 732-632-4766Amelia Jackson: 732-906-6164Weston Solutions RST2Arlene Anderson: 732-906-6803

Division of Environmental Science and Assessment – Edison, NJ

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QA Training: Objectives

1. What is QA?

2. What is Environmental Information?

3. What is the basis for EPA’s Quality System?

4. What is the QA Process? Planning Implementation Evaluation

5. What are your roles and responsibilities?

6. How will QA help you?

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What is the EPA QA Process?

Planning ImplementationEvaluation/Assessment

We call this PIE – easy to remember, and tastes good too.

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QAPP Categories for Emergency Response

Initial Incident Monitoring QAPP (for immediate needs monitoring)

Transitional or Follow-up Monitoring QAPP (for transitional or follow-up monitoring may be time critical)

UFP QAPP (for long term monitoring)

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Emergency Response – Chemical Incident

Use of Generic QAPP for Chemical Measurements and site specific Initial Incident Monitoring QAPP

Generation of Screening level data or Screening with Definitive Confirmation

Production of a QA Sampling Report within 30 days

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How will QA help you?

Confidence (YOU know data are useful) Credibility (OTHERS know it) Defensibility (legal standing) Efficiency (saves time) Economical (saves money)

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QA helps you because it:

Puts everything on paper, so not forgotten or ignored.

Structures planning to focus on the usefulness of results.

Fosters communication among all the participants.

Involves YOU in making the PIE happen.

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